leadership; initiative; spearhead
pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
villain; baddie; the villain's part
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to give an impression; to make an impression
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
(large) building; public building; hall
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
jumping to a wrong conclusion
(not saying anything) no matter what
inexperienced person; novice; greenhorn; green hand
strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements
company secret; information for internal use only
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
security firm; security company
messenger; envoy; emissary
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
next term; next period; next version; next release
educational capability; education skills; educational power
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
fraud; cheating; foul play; surely; absolutely; certainly
what sort of; what kind of; what way
rationalization; justification
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
compulsory investigation; compulsory search
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
by all means; at all costs
(of skin) to peel off (e.g. from sunburn); to improve; to become more refined
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain